"It was cool at first," says long-time paintballer and friend Rob Freeman, "but then he just would not stop talking about it. Every time I talk to him it's just paintball-this and paintball-that. I just called to ask him the name of a restaurant and he started talking about auto-cockers and compressed-air tanks. I just wanted directions."
Phil's brother, Chad, says this is not the first time that Phil has become over-involved in something that had been recently introduced to him.
"He's gone crazy with this whole 'paintball' thing, just like he does with everything.
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Phil's brother added that this was not the first makeshift paintball weapon that his brother has created, "The other day I came home and he was launching paint-filled balloons off of the balcony at kids who were walking home from school. He said they were 'paintball grenades' and that the kids were his 'paintball enemies'. It's weird, man."
John Quaker, owner of the Eric Rudolph Paintball/Paramilitary Funhouse in Corona, California says Nathanson started showing up frequently about 3 weeks ago.
"He's not very good. He always just runs into the middle of the field and shoots at nothing. There hasn't been one day this week when he came out of a game and wasn't black and blue and yellow. I have no idea how he got yellow though because we don't use that color of paint here. He must just really suck."
Phil's friend, Freeman echoed the sentiment. "I wish his hobby would be 'Not Talking About Your Hobby at Every Opportunity' because that would be awesome. I mean, I don't even like paintball anymore because of this and I've been playing for 5 years. He's been playing for like a month."
